All Posts Tagged With: "animal lovers"

China launches global search for six panda keepers

(AFP) BEIJING — A Chinese panda centre said Tuesday it had launched a global search for six people who would spend a month looking after the endangered animals, as part of an awareness and conservation campaign. “Project Panda,” launched by the Chengdu Panda Base in the southwestern province of Sichuan and the WWF, aims to [...]

17Aug2010 | Sara | 0 comments | Continued

Online visitors can see S.D. Zoo

By Nathan Scharn – signonsandiego.com BALBOA PARK — Animal lovers no longer have to travel to Balboa Park to see their favorite meerkats and monkeys, as the San Diego Zoo has become the first in the nation to be explorable on Google’s online street-view feature. The effort is part of a project by Google to [...]

24Jan2010 | Sara | 0 comments | Continued

Zoo Atlanta Gorilla Volunteers For Blood Pressure Exam

Marc Pickard – 11alive.com Willie B, the iconic Zoo Atlanta gorilla, is still remembered nine years after he died from heart disease. His death not only saddened animal lovers everywhere but it also prompted ground-breaking research. That research could solve the mystery of heart disease in gorillas. Ozzie, one of Zoo Atlanta’s male gorillas, and [...]

6Nov2009 | Sara | 0 comments | Continued

Studying Panda’s Chirps Reveals The Language Of Love

Marc Pickard – 11alive.com ATLANTA — The giant pandas at Zoo Atlanta have given animal lovers great joy over the ten years they’ve been here. But they’ve given science even more. Now, when pandas talk, researchers are listening. The births of giant panda cubs Mei Lan and Xi Lan at Zoo Atlanta had as much [...]

14Oct2009 | Sara | 0 comments | Continued

Bucharest Zoo is live on the internet

Romanian Times Stars Luna the tigresse, Gina and Vasile the bear family and Marc and Ella the lion couple at the Bucharest Zoo are screened live every day on the zoo’s new website. It was launched today (Thurs). The new address where animal lovers can watch live every move of many more favourite animals at [...]

25Sep2009 | Sara | 0 comments | Continued